Manage join verification for external presenters in Teams events

APPLIES TO: Meetings Events

Overview

In Teams events hosted by your organization, external presenters whose identities aren't verified are treated as anonymous users in the event. This includes external presenters who aren’t signed in with a personal Microsoft account or a work or school account.

As an admin, you can control whether anonymous and unverified external presenters must verify their identity before joining events.

Verification required for external presenters

When verification is required:

• External presenters who have a personal Microsoft account or a work or school account are asked to sign in before they join an event.
• If they don't have an account, external presenters receive a one-time passcode in email and must enter it to join. After joining, a Verified label is displayed next to their name.

Organizers can control access by using the following Meeting options settings:

• Yes verify accounts, only allowing invited presenters to join
• Yes verify accounts, letting uninvited users with the link join the lobby (Default)

Note

External presenters who join by signing in with a personal Microsoft account are always placed in the lobby when verification is required.

Verification not required for external presenters

When verification isn't required, organizers can choose whether to require verification for external presenters by using the following Meeting options settings:

• Yes verify accounts, only allowing invited presenters to join
• Yes verify accounts, letting uninvited users with the link join the lobby
• No verification needed (Default)

Manage join verification for external presenters

You can use the Teams admin center or PowerShell to manage verification for external presenters.

Teams admin center policy value	PowerShell setting value	Behavior
Yes, verify accounts	EOTP	When organizers with this policy create events, external presenters must verify their identity before joining by signing in to their personal Microsoft account or their work or school account, or by entering a one-time email passcode.
No verification needed	None	This is the default value. When organizers with this policy create events, they can decide whether external presenters must verify their identity before joining.

Using the Teams admin center

1. In the left navigation of the Teams admin center, go to Meetings > Events policies.
2. Select an existing policy or create a new one.
3. In the Verify external presenters before joining an event dropdown list, select Yes verify accounts or No verification needed.
4. Select Save.

Using PowerShell

To manage verification for external presenters in events that organizers with this policy create, use the -ExternalPresenterJoinVerification parameter in the CsTeamsEventsPolicy PowerShell cmdlet.

To require external presenters to verify their identity before joining events created by organizers with this policy, run the following command:

Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy -Identity <policy name> -ExternalPresenterJoinVerification EOTP

To allow organizers with this policy to decide whether verification is required for external presenters in events they create, run the following command:

Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy -Identity <policy name> -ExternalPresenterJoinVerification None